Petty Quotes

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites.

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.